Including to the times of strikes and mass road demonstrations about French President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to boost the retirement age, farmers have flooded the streets of Paris for a wholly completely different cause. 

French farmers drove a whole lot of tractors, if no more, into Paris on Wednesday to protest towards a ban on pesticide use.

👍Waouh! Spectacular demonstration by 🇫🇷 #sugar #beet #growers & farmers in Paris, round 800 tractors gathered in “Les Invalides” to:
✅clarify their pressing want &
❌condemn extra of rules!@FnseaGBP @CGB_FR #LaBetteraveEnDanger #sauvetonpaysan @SanderFranck @_MissBetter pic.twitter.com/yqAGiXxHT4

— C.I.B.E. (@SugarBeetEurope) February 8, 2023

Ag web site Agriland mentioned the protest comes after a latest EU courtroom ruling overturned a French rule that allowed sugar beet growers to make use of neonicotinoids, an insecticide. Farmers have been furious by the EU courts as a result of neonicotinoids are vital for sugar beet manufacturing. Agriland mentioned not less than 800 massive farm tractors flooded Paris streets round Les Invalides. 

Photos from the farmers tractor convoy protests in Paris. #Paris pic.twitter.com/JcuoivUCWi

— Dwell Not by Lies (@Dana35300026) February 8, 2023

“The protest has the backing of the nation’s main farm group, the FNSEA, in addition to organizations representing the sugar beet producing sector,” Agriland mentioned. 

Properly earlier than the EU courtroom ruling, French sugar-beet yields have been anticipated to slip by 5-7% for the following rising season, in response to Bloomberg, citing Francois Thaury, an analyst at Paris-based adviser Agritel. Thaury mentioned losses couldn’t high 10%. 

د فرانسې یوه ډله بزګرو د حکومت ځینو پالیسو خلاف مظاهرې په ترڅ کې خپل تراکتورونه د پاریس لارو کوڅو ته راوړي دي. یو له دغو پالیسیو څخه د حشره وژونکو او افت وژونکو په کارونې بندیز دی.#voapashto #voasocial #voaafghanistan #paris #farmers #protest #tractor pic.twitter.com/74MoRC70Xz

— VOA Pashto (@VOAPashto) February 8, 2023

In the meantime, in separate mass protests, a whole lot of hundreds of individuals nationwide took to the streets towards Macron’s plans to boost the retirement age. 

Protests come as Macron’s reputation has hit its lowest stage. Spring is forward, and that would imply extra protests as temperatures rise.